Blog Update No. 1 (Emily Callahan)

According to Merriam-Websters dictionary, Chemistry is defined as “a science that deals with the composition, structure, and properties of substances and with the transformations that they undergo” which is closely related to the definition of Physics “a science that deals with matter and energy and their interactions”.  Chemistry is significant because it is the base of many other sciences, many important discoveries are due to the scientific advances in chemistry. Chemistry and matter plays a role in everyday life, such as battery base electronics and other daily cleaning supplies. Chemistry is also at the heart of environmental sciences, which the periodic table is important to. Chemistry defines what makes a piece of matter a nutrient or a  mineral. Chemistry applies to health supplies also, and helps save many lives everyday. The chemistry of different medicines decides which drugs and vitamins help with each disease, and other illnesses.

http://www.gregb.co.uk/chem/home.asp

http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistry101/f/importanceofchemistry.htm

http://www.merriam-webster.com/

Blog Update No. 1 (Ross Honig)

Chemistry is very important to daily life becasue everything in the world is made up of a chemical. Modern food,drugs,plastcis, and computers would not have been with out chemistry becasue in order to make these things you need to manipulate chemicals. So, humans get enrgy based on chemical reactions and our movements chemically driven.  Other examples of why chemistry is useful in daily life is because food is a chemical and you would not be able to cook without mixing chemicals. Also the reason an apple turns brown from green is becasue of a chemical reaction, oxidation.

http://clearlyexplained.com/technology/science/chemistry/index.html

http://www.gregb.co.uk/chem/home.asp

Blog Update No. 1 (Clay Cowart)

Chemistry is a very useful and practical thing to learn for everyday life. This is because in chemistry you learn about the periodic table of elements. This table of elements is very important, because these elements make up everything in the world. This is why chemistry is very important to us. People know you have to drink water to survive but they may not know where water even comes from. This is why taking and learning chemistry is very helpful to people, it teaches them how things they use and need everyday are formed and made.  Its all around us!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemistry

http://www.elementsdatabase.com/

Blog Update No. 1 (Karishma Navani)

Chemistry is the type of science that has to deal with the structure of an object, or the properties of matter and the changes that occur because of specific chemical reactions. Chemistry also connects all the types of sciences, such as physics, biology and astronomy together. The benefits of learning chemistry is that it helps you understand everything around you. It is basically the explanation for everything you do and see. Another importance of learning chemistry is that its the study of matter and it is the specific study of subatomic particles.

http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistry101/a/basics.htm

Blog Update No. 1 (Jillian Turner)

Not only is chemistry important in everyday life, but it also is monumental in the world of medicine. Thanks to chemistry, different medicines can be made in order to cure the illnesses of ailing patients. More specifically, chemistry plays a huge role in chemotherapy in the fight against cancer by using chemicals that have a “specific toxic effect” to kill all dividing cells. In chemotherapy alone, chemistry has helped in developing a potent alternative to cancer treatment. By using chemistry in research to find newer medicines and better treatments for sickness, chemists broaden the spectrum of medicines that can be used in chemotherapy.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chemistry

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chemotherapy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemistry